Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de la Bruyere
Jean de La Bruyèrewas a French philosopher and moralist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
Jean de la Bruyere quotes about
death hate passion
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
funny humorous ideas
The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one.
mediocrity painting public-speaking
There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.
birth-life-and-death suffering three
There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.
wise fear bores-you
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
laughing may dies
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.
patience men long
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
pain successful thinking
He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the contrary, who is very impatient in procuring a certain thing, takes so much pains about it, that, even when he is successful, he does not think himself sufficiently rewarded.
temptation dread
Anything is a temptation to those who dread it.
secret
We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us.
pride men forgiving
It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is not assuaged till he has regained the advantages he lost and put the other person in the wrong.
love-is
Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love.
want banter proof
Banter is often a proof of want of intelligence.
expression voice style
Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.